The Putin mystique : inside Russia's power cult / Anna Arutunyan.
2015
DK510.766.P87 A78 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
The Putin mystique : inside Russia's power cult / Anna Arutunyan.
Author
Arutunyan, Anna.
Edition
First American edition.
ISBN
9781566569903 paperback
1566569907 paperback
9781566569132
1566569133
1566569907 paperback
9781566569132
1566569133
Published
Northampton, MA : Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2015.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
330 pages ; 22 cm
Call Number
DK510.766.P87 A78 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
947.086/2092
Summary
"The Putin Mystique takes the reader on a journey through the Russia of Vladimir Putin, named by Forbes magazine in 2013 as the most powerful man in the world. It is a neo-feudal world where iPads, WTO membership, and Brioni business suits conceal a power structure straight out of the Middle Ages, where the Sovereign is perceived as both divine and demonic, where a man's riches are determined by his proximity to the Kremlin, and where large swathes of the populace live in precarious complacency interrupted by bouts of revolt. Where does that kind of power come from? The answer lies not in the leader, but in the people: from the impoverished worker who appeals directly to Putin for aid, to the businessmen, security officers and officials in Putin's often dysfunctional government who look to their leader for instruction and protection. In her writing career, Anna Arutunyan has travelled throughout Russia to report on modern politics. She has interviewed oligarchs and policemen, bishops and politicians, and many ordinary Russians. Her book, which has been translated into 10 languages, is a vivid and revealing exploration of the way in which myth, power and even religion interact to produce the love-hate relationship between the Russian people and Vladimir Putin"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue: To give unto Caesar
Part I. The subjects
To see Putin and die
The petition
Playing God
The Pikalevo effect
Part II. The Oprichniki
Men of the sovereign
The audience
Agent Loyal and his little racket
The police major
Part III. The Boyars
Doing business with Putin
The inner circle
In favour
The regent
Part IV. The sovereign as God
The cult
The sect
The heretics
The Church, the Tsar, and the holy fool
The living law
Epilogue: Russia without Putin.
Part I. The subjects
To see Putin and die
The petition
Playing God
The Pikalevo effect
Part II. The Oprichniki
Men of the sovereign
The audience
Agent Loyal and his little racket
The police major
Part III. The Boyars
Doing business with Putin
The inner circle
In favour
The regent
Part IV. The sovereign as God
The cult
The sect
The heretics
The Church, the Tsar, and the holy fool
The living law
Epilogue: Russia without Putin.